touchpad settings for hp650 laptop

I have a new hp650 laptop here in the office and i would like to change the settings for the touchpad. i wouldnt mind using it, but whenever i type on the keyboard and come close to it, it makes me skip lines because it always jumps to the cursor. it makes me crazy! how can i stop that, i couldnt find anything at the control panel that would work. thank you

Re: touchpad settings for hp650 laptop

I would like you to first help me understand the issue with your NB.. While typing is that the keyboard cursor on the scree just jumps or is that the touchpad pointer is erratic and jumps/moves by itself.?

However, just try decreasing the sensitivity of the touchpad from it's settings and if that does not fix the issue then please uninstall and reinstall the keyboard drivers(it's generic driver- installs by itself when you restart the NB) from Device Manager and then check. After that try to update the tocuhpad driver for your NB from www.hp.com website.

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Re: touchpad settings for hp650 laptop

I have a new hp650 laptop i would like to change the settings of touchpad. i don't mind using it but only when it is needed, now whenever i type on the keyboard and touch it by mistake, it starts typing somewhere else as the cursor jumps to another place because touchpad is always active. How to activate & de-activate this touchpad, where are setting for this?

Re: touchpad settings for hp650 laptop

You want to be able to activate and deactivate your touchpad at any given time, is that correct? I will be happy to help you.

Normally in the top left hand corner of the touchpad there is a button you can double click that will allow you lock and unlock the touchpad. There is also an amber light next to the touchpad that will glow to signify the touchpad is locked.

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Re: touchpad settings for hp650 laptop

Yes I was also guessing that something is related with this button. But it didn't work when I double click it by pressing it & nothing happens. After receiving your solution I tried doing it several times by finger & even tried doing it by pencil, but nothing happened. Any other method for this setting? Thanks anyway.